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I have deleted malware bytes app but the 'M' icon is still at the top. I followed the instructions provided elsewhere in this forum and it worked (via utilities) but next time I turned on it was back. I have repeated the instruction but don't really want to do this every day. Any further suggestions would be welcome. I am on Big Sur OS.
MacBook Air 11″, macOS 11.7
Some third-party applications that place an icon on the menu extras area of the menu bar may have a menu associated with the icon that includes quit and that removes the icon, or a proper application uninstall such as in Malwarebytes does the removal for you. And some poorly written third-party applications require you to cmd+drag the icon out over the Desktop and release to remove it.
Some third-party applications that place an icon on the menu extras area of the menu bar may have a menu associated with the icon that includes quit and that removes the icon, or a proper application uninstall such as in Malwarebytes does the removal for you. And some poorly written third-party applications require you to cmd+drag the icon out over the Desktop and release to remove it.
FWIW, you didn't uninstall Malwarebytes correctly. The easiest thing to do would be to reinstall Malwarebytes, open it, then choose "Uninstall Malwarebytes" from its Help menu.
I don't know if this is one of the things you've already tried, but, try pressing and holding your keyboard's "command" key while dragging the icon off of your menubar.
This seems to have done the trick. I just used finder and binned it before. Many thanks.
Thanks for responding. I had tried this and it didn't work for me - it didn't want to be dragged off!
You're welcome. FWIW, many apps have bits and pieces that are left if you just toss them in the Trash.
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